Whose Panties Are These

I Just Joined Amazon Connect

Date: January 9th, 2006 |

Amazon has a new program called Amazon Connect that lets authors interact with their fans/book buyers.
It says that it’s only open to a select group of authors to launch the program, but I signed up and was verified immediately without any delay.
If you are an author who has a book for sale on [read more]

Fancy Pants Contest Winner Announced

Date: December 10th, 2004 |

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What kind of women go out and buy new underwear, decorate it with pens, sequins, charms, feathers, candy, horseshoes, fortune cookies, TV remote controls, and anything else you can think of to attract attention, then put it in the mail, sometimes send it airmail across oceans, just to get a free book? Fun women! Travel [read more]

Fancy Pants Contest Update

Date: November 15th, 2004 |

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Big huge thanks to everyone who participated in the Fancy Pants Contest! Yes, we have a winner. We have one main winner and four honorable mentions. I was in the office last week signing books, writing thank yous, organizing addresses (some of you didn’t include your addresses!), and trying on some of the undies for [read more]

Contributors Push Our Panties!

Date: November 8th, 2004 |

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Enormous thanks to Canadian contributors Michele Petersen and Colleen Friesen for their efforts in spreading the good Panties word at their Travel Media Showcase in Tucson.
Check out their display.
One woman approached them and introduced herself as the Brazilian wax job woman. Well ladies, that’s our very funny Cynthia Barnes.
Lets give a special congratulations to [read more]

What is a lame event?

Date: October 30th, 2004 |

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I'm not usually negative about events. Even when nobody shows up. Come on, I’ve done plenty of events where there were only three people in the audience. They don’t surprise me. But that’s usually because the staff and bookstore more than make up for it with kindness, interest, and hospitality.
But last night took the cake. [read more]

Jen Leo Interview on GoNomad.com

Date: December 22nd, 2004 |

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GoNomad.com was nice enough to interview me this month.
Jen Leo: Bra, Panties, and Talent
Their support has a lot to do with travel writer Kent E. St. John being a huge Travelers’ Tales fan.
As it turns out, I had been on their site getting valuable travel information just before they contacted me about the interview. [read more]

The Queer Eye on Whose Panties Are These?

Date: December 8th, 2004 |

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On Monday night the Left Coast Writers had an event at Book Passage featuring Michael Shapiro in the Travel Annex. At the same time, Carson Kressley from “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” was having a reading at BP for his new book Off the Cuff: The Essential Style Guide for Men and the Women [read more]

Lucky #13

Date: November 10th, 2004 |

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We're moving up the charts. Last week we were #14. This week, we’re #13 on the Southern California Booksellers Association bestseller list.(Nov. 7, 2004)
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Whose Panties on a Bestseller List

Date: November 3rd, 2004 |

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Being back at the TT office gets me into the news first hand.
Whose Panties Are These? was just ranked as #14 on the Southern California Booksellers Association’s Bestseller list for the week ending October 31, 2004. The SCBA represents a wide variety of independent booksellers including Distant Lands in Pasadena, California Map & Travel [read more]

Post a picture on Amazon with your review

Date: October 27th, 2004 |

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I just saw on CNET that Amazon has a new feature where reviewers can post a pic with their words.
“Amazon lets customers post photos”
I checked out the page for Sand in My Bra but there weren’t any there. Then I thought I’d take a look to see if there were any reviews up yet for [read more]